Lessons 46–47 · 2 lessons · B. To‘xliyev, B. Karimov, K. Usmonova. Literature: textbook-collection for Grade 11 of secondary schools and for students of secondary specialised and vocational institutions, Parts 1–2. 1st edition. “O‘zbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi” State Scientific Publishing House, Tashkent, 2018
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Poems by Rauf Parfi
Textbook: Part 2, pp. 81–83
GoalUnderstand the content of Parfi’s poems “Tong otmoqda,” “Yomg‘ir yog‘ar,” “Yoz kechasi,” “Yana qaytib keldim...” and “Yurak.”
New words
repetition · takrirpersonification · tashxisnature lyric · tabiat lirikasilyric “I” · lirik «men»
Explanation
In “Tong otmoqda” dawn is given as the hope and purity of a new day; the sun is likened to a cannon and its rays to bullets, and it is said that people live for this dawn. In “Yomg‘ir yog‘ar” the poet feels grief and joy under the rain, opens his breast to it, the rain is forgotten and his heart begins to pour onto paper as a poem; the key line is repeated six times. In “Yoz kechasi” the cracking of a ripe melon, fallen peaches, sleeping fields, wakeful water, grasshoppers and warm rain are depicted. In “Yana qaytib keldim...” the lyric hero expresses longing for his village, his mother, bread from the tandoor and well water. In “Yurak” the poet converses with his heart, admits that it is right and wishes that the homeland and the world be safe.
Worked examples
Example: The repetition of the line “Yomg‘ir yog‘ar” six times creates the sound and rhythm of rain – this is takrir.
Example: “Sleep drowses in the fields” – the fields sleep like humans: this is personification.
Class activity
Five-poem table: for each poem write “theme – main image – mood – one artistic device.”
Practice
1
In “Tong otmoqda” what are the sun and its rays compared to?
The sun – a cannon; the rays – bullets.
2
How does the poem “Yomg‘ir yog‘ar” end and what does that mean?
The heart begins to rain onto paper – feeling turns into poetry.
3
Which sounds and sights are chosen to depict summer in “Yoz kechasi”?
The cracking of a melon, the falling of peaches, the chirp of grasshoppers, the patter of warm rain.
4
What feeling do the images of mother and home evoke in “Yana qaytib keldim...”?
A feeling of longing for dear places, affection and peace.